** Final Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks **

-- *15th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2023)* --

** Onsite and On the World Wide Web **

http://www.mirlabs.org/socpar23 http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar23

*SoCPaR 2023 Theme:* Soft Computing Approaches in Large Language Models and Generative Pre-trained Transformers ============================================================ ================================

** Venue details and accommodation details are now published ** *Onsite Venues:* Olten, Switzerland; Porto, Portugal; Kaunas, Lithuania; Kochi, India *Please visit: *https://mirlabs.org/socpar23/venue2.php

December 13-15, 2023

*Organized Special Sessions and Workshops Details:* https://mirlabs.org/ socpar23/cfss.php

SOCPAR 2023 will be a hybrid conference that will run fully in-person and virtually to take advantage of the best the two modalities can offer. Besides regular paper presentations, the technical programme will include 8-10 plenary lectures and poster sessions. SOCPAR 2023 Organising Committee also recognizes the benefits of virtual conferences allowing participation at a cheaper rate. This allows a higher number of research scholars and students to attend. Selected authors can attend and present the papers virtually or in one of the FOUR venues in Europe and Asia.

*Proceedings of SOCPAR'23* will be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. ( https://www.springer.com/series/15179)

Proceedings of SoCPaR'22: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978- 3-031-27524-1

*Indexed by*: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLink

*History of SoCPaR series*: http://www.mirlabs.net/socpar23/previous.php

***Important Dates*** -------------------------- Paper submission due: September 30, 2023 Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2023 Registration and Final manuscript due: November 10, 2023 Conference: December 13-15, 2023

***About SoCPaR 2023*** -------------------------------

After the success of the 14th International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR 2022), SoCPaR 2023 is organized to bring together worldwide leading researchers and practitioners interested in advancing the state-of-the-art in Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition, for exchanging knowledge that encompasses a broad range of disciplines among various distinct communities. It is hoped that researchers and practitioners will bring new prospects for collaboration across disciplines and gain inspiration to facilitate novel breakthroughs. The themes for this conference are thus focused on "Innovating and Inspiring Soft Computing and Intelligent Pattern Recognition".

***Topics (not limited to)*** --------------------------- Soft Computing and Applications (but not limited to):- Evolutionary computing Swarm intelligence Artificial immune systems Fuzzy Sets Uncertainty analysis Fractals Rough Sets Support vector machines Artificial neural networks Case Based Reasoning Wavelets Hybrid intelligent systems Nature inspired computing techniques Machine learning Ambient intelligence Hardware implementations

Pattern Recognition and Applications (but not limited to):- Information retrieval Data Mining Web Mining Image Processing Computer Vision Bio-informatics Information security Network security Steganography Biometry Remote sensing Medical Informatics E-commerce Signal Processing Control systems

***Submission Guidelines*** ------------------------------------ Submission of paper should be made through the submission page from the conference web page. Please refer to the conference website for guidelines to prepare your manuscript.

*Paper format templates:* https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript- preparation/5636#c3324

*SoCPaR’23 Submission Link:* https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SOCPAR2023

***Plenary Talks*** ---------------------------------------- You are welcome to attend 12 Keynote Talks offered by world-renowned professors and industry leaders. The detailed information is available on conference website.

Speaker 1: Christine Zarges, Aberystwyth University, UK Speaker 2: Theresa Schmiedel, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland Speaker 3: Ke Feng, Singapore-ETH Centre, The National University of Singapore, Singapore Speaker 4: Stefka Fidanova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Speaker 5: Diego Oliva, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico Speaker 6: Sebastian Ventura, University of Cordoba, Spain Speaker 7: Ana Maria Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal Speaker 8: Nuno Bettencourt , Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal Speaker 9: Aboul Ella Hassanien, Cairo University, Egypt Speaker 10: Milan Tuba, Singidunum University, Serbia Speaker 11: Dalia Kriksciuniene, Vilnius University / Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Lithuania Speaker 12: Kusum Deep, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

*** SoCPaR 2023 Organization *** ----------------------------------------------

*General Chairs* Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA Artūras Kaklauskas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

*Program Chairs* Andries Engelbrecht, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Oscar Castillo, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico

*Publication Chair* Anu Bajaj, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India

*Web Services Chair* Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China

*Publicity Chair* Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India

*Note:* If you would like to propose a special session, please email Dr. Anu Bajaj e*********j@gmail.com with a CC to Ms. Mabrouka Salmi < s************7@gmail.com>

***Technical Contact*** --------------------------------- Dr. Ajith Abraham Email: a***********m@ieee.org